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Country | England,United Kingdom |
Location | nearTrimdon Grange,County Durham |
Coordinates | 54°42′47″N1°25′10″W / 54.7130°N 1.41944°W /54.7130; -1.41944 |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | October 2008 |
Owner | EDF Energy |
Site elevation | 446 ft |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 4 × 1.3 MW |
Make and model | Nordex: N60 |
Nameplate capacity | 5.2 MW |
Trimdon Grange Wind Farm is anonshore wind farm nearTrimdon Grange,County Durham,England. Commissioned in October 2008 it consists of four 1.3 MWNordex N60turbines giving a total capacity of 5.2 MW. It was developed byEDF and is operated byCumbria Wind Farms.[1][2]
The proposed location of the wind farm caused controversy in 2004 when an agent ofTony Blair, thenPrime Minister, wrote to a local action group, Trimdon Area Group Against Wind Farms, claiming that the site was unsuitable. The location is about one mile from Tony Blair's old constituency house.[3]
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